Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 121 : Descendants of the Demon Race (2)

The place Lucas arrived at was Delladakan, known as the forgotten land of the demons.

"The air itself feels bad."

Lucas's expression was displeased as he looked around.

Delladakan, located on a small continent in the southeast.

On either side of it were Ignos, the land of the dwarves, and Jeranon, which was once known to be inhabited by elves.

But now, except for Ignos, the other two places were no different from abandoned lands.

'I wonder if there are any descendants.'

After the demons left for the demon world, the mixed-blood demons, not the pure-blood demons, were left behind in Delladakan and all over the world.

But they all disappeared without a trace before long.

There were occasional mixed-blood demons who visited Delladakan, but they also became harder to find as time went by.

Their appearance, such as their ashen skin and small horns that did not fade even after generations, made them hide even more, and they were not welcomed wherever they went.

The demon race, hated by the dragons.

The discord that had started from a small misunderstanding had made it impossible for them to stay on this land any longer.

'A human presence.'

Lucas moved his feet at the human presence he felt in the middle of the gloomy forest.

The light leaking through the glowing trees and old trees.

The small huts hidden deep in the forest were painted black, as if they were afraid that someone might come looking for them.

'The descendants of the demons.'

Although there were not many of them left, they were still living.

-Jingle! Jingle! Jingle!

As he approached the hut, a loud bell rang, as if to announce an intruder.

-Bang!

The door of the hut in the very front was roughly opened, and a man with ashen skin rushed out.

"Who are you!!!"

The man's sharp voice echoed through the forest, and Lucas was flustered.

'What should I say?'

Lucas had not come here to question someone's fault, but had just come to ask them for some small information.

But to have such a sharp reaction.

"I came to ask you something."

As the bewilderment subsided, annoyance began to well up.

'Did I say I was going to eat you?'

As Lucas asked with a deep frown, the man also took an attack stance with a spear in his hand.

"What do you want to ask!? What is there for you humans to ask here! Can't you get lost right now?!"

As the man threatened to throw the spear at him at any moment, Lucas also didn't know how to solve this situation.

"I am a mage. If you don't put down that spear, I don't know how I'll react either."

As an ice spear appeared in Lucas's hand, the man stumbled and took a step back.

"We also have mages. You wouldn't not know that, would you?"

At the man's shout, magic began to boil from here and there.

'There are many of them.'

The demon race was originally a race that was skilled in magic. So even if they were mixed-blood demons, it was not a big deal to have a few mages.

"If you just answer what I ask, there will be no bloodshed."

As Lucas collected all the ice spears, the man also carefully lowered the spear in his hand.

"Have you heard the news that the demon king has returned?"

The man's pupils shook for a moment at Lucas's question.

"The demon king... you say?"

"Right. The demon king."

Judging by the man's reaction, it seemed that he also knew nothing.

'Well. He probably didn't need to tell his descendants, who weren't even half-bloods.'

"I haven't heard anything. But if the demon king has returned, what happened to the demon world?"

Instead, the man was asking Lucas a question.

"It's okay. I think I've heard enough of what I wanted to ask."

As Lucas turned around, the man's urgent voice was heard.

"W-wait a minute! If the demon king has returned, what will happen to us? Can we also go to the demon world?"

"I don't know. But the demon king has already abandoned you. He even declared that he doesn't need half-blood kinsmen. And yet you want to be with them?"

Lucas sneered at the man's question.

Lucas's words were true.

When the demon god had granted them the demon world and had moved all the demons, they had abandoned their descendants, the mixed-blood demons.

Saying, 'We don't need dirty mixed-bloods.'

That's why they couldn't go to the demon world and were left on the surface.

"But it would be better than here."

"Ha, better than here? You would have been in the same situation even if you had left for the demon world together. You wouldn't not know the feeling of not being welcomed by your own kind, would you?"

"What would you know? The feeling of those who were abandoned in a place where everyone had left. Every day was hell for us. Do you know the feeling of being treated like dirt and not being welcomed wherever you go?!"

The man's agitated voice was directed at Lucas.

"That's why you were hated by the dragons. Because you didn't reflect on your mistakes."

As Lucas retorted coldly, the man raised the spear in his hand high again.

"How dare a brat who hasn't even lived for a hundred years! Dare to discuss our history?!"

"Am I wrong? If you hadn't made a mistake with the Dragon Lord of that time, this situation would not have happened. You brats who haven't even lived for a thousand years dared to rebel against the dragons, so that's what happened."

In the end, the man, who could not overcome his anger, rushed at Lucas, and the magic that had been boiling from here and there began to be shot at Lucas.

'Even so.'

-Boom! Bang! Bang!

As Lucas leisurely raised one hand, the magic that had flown with the spear was all blocked by the barrier and began to crumble.

"Damn it!"

The spear that had fallen to the floor was already shattered and was no different from the scattered branches around.

"That's why you can't do it. Because you're running wild without even knowing your place."

Lucas, who had come out of the hazy smoke, smiled leisurely.

"Nothing has changed from a thousand years ago. What a foolish and ignorant race."

"W-what's that...!"

The man, who was surprised at Lucas's words, stepped back.

"Do you know why your ancestors were driven to the demon world?"

"..."

"Because they dared to deceive the dragons. Whether it was a misunderstanding or not, the fact that they deceived them does not change. That's why your foolish race was almost massacred, and in the end, the demon god, who could not bear to watch, 'evacuated' you. Do you know that?"

"It's all a lie!"

"You'd want to believe that. You must have just repeated the moments you were persecuted and looked for a place to turn the arrow of your resentment."

"Do you think we'll believe what a vile human like you says?"

At the man's words, Lucas shrugged his shoulders with a bored expression.

"I didn't tell you to believe it. I just told you the truth. I'm just leaving because I feel sorry for you who were betrayed by your own kind. So you should go and study some more history."

-Flash!

Lucas, who had turned around at the end of those words, teleported and disappeared.

***

Lucas, who had arrived at Kant Island, which was known as another base for the mixed-blood demons, swallowed a bitter breath.

In fact, the one who had driven them out was Lucas.

A thousand years ago, Yastan, the current demon king, had made a small mistake with Lanos, Lucas's past life.

Before that incident, the dragons did not dislike the demons. No, they were closer to liking them.

They, who were magical creatures, cherished the demons who were skilled in magic, and they also highly valued their ability to communicate with magical beasts.

Therefore, the dragons, who were the kings of all monsters and magical beasts, had given the demons the authority to manage them, and they had also entrusted them with the harmony of other races, including humans.

Therefore, the demons had lived by leading and harmonizing other races, with the protection of the dragons on their backs.

But at some point, as the number of humans increased and the land they occupied grew, problems began to arise.

Humans were cunning, and they were skilled in manipulating and using other races, including the demons.

'Yastan...'

Yastan, who was the demon king, was no different from having been deceived by them.

Lucas also found out about that fact later, but it was already too late.

'Even if he was deceived by humans, there was enough time to correct things. But Yastan didn't.'

Lucas's brow furrowed as if he were recalling that time.

It was when he was continuing his reminiscence and was circling Kant Island.

-Boom...

A resonance sound was heard from deep within the island.

-Flash!

Lucas teleported to the place where the sound was coming from in an instant.

'A cave?'

A cave on the mountainside in the middle of a small island.

The sound was coming from there.

-Booooom...

As the sound grew louder, Lucas swallowed his dry saliva and moved his feet into the cave.

-Booooooom...

'What in the world is this sound?'

Lucas, who had entered the cave, tried to find the source of the sound.

But in the small cave that came into view at a glance, he could only guess the approximate location of the sound, but he could not find what was making the sound.

'This is like...'

-Booooooom...

The sound that was heard regularly was like the sound of a large brass pot being beaten.

'Where in the world is the sound coming from?'

The sound that was echoing in the small cave spread throughout the island.

Lucas, who was moving his feet to the innermost part of the cave.

He began to carefully examine the walls of the cave.

-Booooooom...

'I've been listening to it for so long that I don't even know where it's coming from now.'

As he stood in the middle of the cave, he began to have trouble distinguishing whether the sound was coming from the left wall or the right wall.

-Booooooom...

'Damn it, what in the world is this sound?'

He had come to find the descendants of the demons, but they were nowhere to be seen, and he had to chase a strange sound, so he was getting annoyed.

-Boom! Booooom!

Then the rhythm of the resonance sound began to quicken.

"Ah."

And with that, a sense of unease.

-Boom! Boom!

"Damn it."

A rhythm that was getting faster and faster.

-Boom! Boom! Boom!

Lucas wanted to get out of the cave right away, but for some reason, his body wouldn't listen.

The resonance sound stopped.

"Ha... I'm anxious."

Light poured into the dark cave.

[Hi? It's been a while, hasn't it?]

'I knew it.'

(End of Chapter)